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Journal of International Political Theory 11(2) (2015): 206-223. This article considers the phenomenon of ‘state-extinction’: a situation in which a state faces a very real and imminent threat of literal disappearance from the surface... more
When evaluating Locke’s primary and secondary qualities, it is essential to differentiate them to truly understand what Locke is describing. Even when these qualities are understood, however, there are those who believe Locke is... more
'Promising and Obligation' criticizes the view, defended by Joseph Raz, John Finnis, David Owens and many others, that one's moral obligation to keep a promise is created by one's expression, through the act of promising, of an intention... more
- by Thomas Pink
- Law, Hume, Trust, Natural Law
Deutsche Neuausgabe von John Lockes Some Thoughts Concerning Education. Mit biographischer und gesellschaftsgeschichtlicher Einleitung. https://meiner.de/gedanken-uber-erziehung.html
Locke endorses a distinction between passive reflection and voluntary attentive reflection, which he occasionally labels contemplation. Failure to recognize this distinction properly has had an effect on interpretations of Locke’s theory... more
No presente trabalho será analisada uma das principais questões metafísicas encontradas nas obras de Voltaire, a saber: a questão da alma, que encontramos em certos textos literários e em tratados filosóficos do autor, como por... more
How do philosophical accusations of talking nonsense relate to the layperson’s notions of meaning and meaningfulness? If one were to explain carefully what philosophical nonsense was supposed to be, would one be greeted with... more
It is widely believed that the philosophical concept of ‘tabula rasa’ originates with Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding and refers to a state in which a child is as formless as a blank slate. Given that both these beliefs are... more
Locke's concept of rights influenced the Framers of the Constitution, which has increased the stakes in later interpretation of what Locke’s model of rights entailed. “Lockean rights” now suggests a perfect right unlimitable by the state... more
In this paper the author presents and philosophically analyses how, respectively, Spinoza in the TTP, Bayle in the Commentaire philosophique, and Locke in the Epistola de tolerantia and other texts, conceive of the possible metaphysical... more
A short essay on Locke's educational views
In The Trouble with Terror, Tamar Meisels argues that liberal democracies should adopt a Hobbesean standpoint on the relationship of liberty to security where dire emergencies (e.g., violent terrorism) are concerned, and a Lockean one on... more
Comparative Analysis of John Locke's Second Trestise of Government and Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince and Discourses of the Livy. Author: Angel Versetti "A wise ruler should nip any rebellion in the bud, claims Machiavelli’s Prince.... more
En este artículo hago una primera aproximación al interés lockeano por la religión, plasmado en su obra The Reasonableness of Christianity. Sus estudios sobre la Biblia y sobre algunos dogmas cristianos, como el de la Trinidad, influyeron... more
This short essay is an exploration and a comparison of the conceptions of John Locke and G.W. Leibniz on innate ideas. Their arguments for their positions are compared, as are their likely motivations are compared and evaluated. A short... more
Beginning in the 1600s, European philosophers started debating the question of who ought to govern a nation. As the absolute rule of kings declined, Enlightenment philosophers such as Thomas Hobbes and John Locke advocated different forms... more
The Chapter of David Pataraia’s book "Traditional Theoretical Approaches in International Relations".
40 essays by Ronnie Hsia, Ulrich Leinsle, Marius Reiser, Thomas Marschler, Trent Pomplun, Jean-Louis Quantin, William O'Brien SJ, Stefania Tutino, Carl Trueman, Andreas Beck, Willem van Asselt, Eric Carlsson, Stephen Hampton, Benjamin... more
El Dos de Mayo de 1808 los dos alcaldes ordinarios de Móstoles, Andrés Torrejón y Simón Hernández, firmaron un bando o proclama que llamaba al levantamiento contra los soldados franceses que el emperador Napoleón había ido... more
It is often thought that consciousness has a qualitative dimension that cannot be tracked by science. Recently, however, some philosophers have argued that this worry stems not from an elusive feature of the mind, but from the special... more
The present article compares John Locke’s and John Owen’s approaches to toleration. Owen, a towering figure of the Puritan revolution and a Protestant scholastic whose work is still the object of significant appreciation in Reformed... more
Hume’s theory of personal identity is developed in response to Locke’s account of personal identity. Yet it is striking that Hume does not emphasize Locke’s distinction between persons and human beings. It seems even more striking that... more
Introductory lectures on Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau.
Abstract: The author seeks to show at least two theses. (1) That the statement of the title is compatible with the development of a theoretic and critical reason, centered on various discussions of problems. (2) That the same statement... more
Resulta difícil escapar al hecho de que la mayor parte de los principales exponentes de la escuela de los sentimientos morales se cuenten también entre los fundadores de la estética como disciplina independiente. Tal conexión se hace aún... more
Although its origins stem from theological debates, the general will would ultimately become one of the most celebrated and denigrated concepts emerging from early modern political thought. Jean-Jacques Rousseau would make it the central... more
Locke’un bilgi/algı felsefesinin iki temel dayanağı; “soyut ideler” kavramı ve “birincil-ikincil nitelikler” ayrımıdır. Berkeley kendi felsefesine öncelikle Locke’un bu iki düşüncesini eleştirmekle başlar. Ona göre ne soyut ideler diye... more
This paper provides an entrance into central discussions regarding Kant’s account of property. The first section shows how Kant engages and transforms important, related proposals from Hobbes and Locke as well as how the ‘libertarian’ and... more
John Locke is famous for popularizing the method of the philosophical thought experiment in discussions of personal identity; the cases introduced in the second edition of An Essay Concerning Understanding (1694) are still employed by... more
In this paper I argue that understanding John Locke’s account of personal identity in the context of the metaphysical and religious debates of his day, especially the debates concerning the possibility of the afterlife and the... more
Political philosophers often employ figures of speech such as metaphors, similes, hyperbole, and parallelism in order to add some sort of a literary or rhetorical quality to their writings and also to help the reader understand their... more